{"id":3888,"date":"2022-06-03T16:52:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nanopausa.com\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2022-06-03T16:52:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:52:26","slug":"like-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanopausa.com\/en\/like-soap\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Soap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I wrote this micro last summer, when I was in Torre Chianca, a seaside town near Lecce. It was one of those occasions when you&#8217;re meant to do or write something else, but just can&#8217;t do it, not until you get this story written. 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